Welcome to Midnight Mania, where Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is creating belts out of thin air right and left, regardless of who deserves them. That’s right, Maniacs. In case you haven’t heard, Dana White’s comments that UFC was creating a women’s Featherweight division with or without Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino were, indeed, factual.
Two thoughts: First of all, this is a solid fight. A former boxing champion against a former kickboxing champion is a great stylistic match. Germaine de Randamie and Holly Holm will get after it. Second, this is a back-handed slap to Cyborg’s face. She is the reigning Invicta FC 145-pound champion, the best female Featherweight of all time, and possibly the best (certainly the most terrifying) female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter on the planet (save possibly Joanna Jedrzejczyk).